Verb

(urg)

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

* Alexander Pope

through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight

To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

* Shakespeare

My brother never / Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it.

To provoke; to exasperate.

* Shakespeare

Urge not my father's anger.

To press hard upon; to follow closely.

* Alexander Pope

Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.

To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.

to urge''' an argument; to '''urge the necessity of a case

(obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

to urge an ore with intense heat

To press onward or forward.

To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Verb

(nudg)

To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges ” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}

To near or come close to something.